A 2,000 year old scroll which has been in the hands of archeologists since 1970 has finally been read. The scroll was discovered in 1970 in Ein Gedi, at the site of an ancient synagogue. The Synagogue had been destroyed by a fire, leaving the scroll badly damaged. Scientists were unable to unwrap the scroll without destroying it.

However, new technology has enabled scientists to scan the document, and extract the text hidden within. This ground-breaking technique has revealed the text is a portion of the Book of Leviticus. Scholars were amazed to discover the text is almost 100% the same as in the Bible we read today. Previously the oldest known fragments of the Bible date back to the 8th century.

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